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CUNNINGHAM, Walter Tilston
Personal Details
Service Number: | 505 |
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Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, C Company, Sydney |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Cudgewa, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Corryong, Towong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Cudgewa State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia, 23 July 1935, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Tallangatta Cemetery |
Memorials: | Corryong Colac Colac School Roll of Honor, Corryong Cudgewa State School No 1956 Great European War Honor Roll, Cudgewa War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 505, 3rd Infantry Battalion, C Company, Sydney | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 505, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 505, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
9 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 505, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, WIA - shrapnel wound to scalp and concussion | |
12 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Company | |
28 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Company | |
7 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 505, 1st Machine Gun Company, WIA (2nd occ.) GSW left buttock, severe | |
24 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Company | |
2 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Machine Gun Company | |
10 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 505, 1st Machine Gun Company, WIA (3rd occ.) Gass | |
4 Nov 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 505, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , RTA per HT Durham, disembarked Melbourne 23-12-1918 | |
21 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 505, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Melbourne |
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